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No other city encapsulates the struggle and slaughter of the Syrian civil war
like Aleppo. When armed insurgency grew into open conflict between the Free
Syrian Army and President Assad’s government forces in 2012, the largest
city in Syria was destined to become a battleground.

Some 18 months after the fight for Aleppo began, it rumbles on still, claiming
the lives of more and more children – 2,200-plus to date. In January, this
resident of the al-Ansari neighbourhood of Aleppo learnt that two of his
children had been killed following government shelling. It’s a tragedy